[caption id="attachment_37690" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The former University president will be the first recipient of the award.
The Federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices announced Wednesday that teenagers should receive a booster dose of the bacterial meningitis vaccine rather than a single dose. Officials noted that recent studies have revealed that a single dose is not as effective as previously believed.
A small fire broke out in the drama department's Helms Theatre yesterday morning. The fire started in a prop box and did not spread, said Richard Jones, battalion chief with the Charlottesville Fire Department. The fire department is still investigating the cause of the fire, but Ralph Allen, the University's director of environmental health and safety, said a malfunctioning prop cigar was probably the cause. "In all likelihood, it was a stage prop that was designed to keep the stage safe," Allen said.
[caption id="attachment_37629" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Following a nationwide search that began after former CEO Chris Brightman stepped down last March, University alumnus Lawrence Kochard was selected to lead the company.
A SafeRide van struck a student on a bicycle at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of McCormick and Alderman Roads. The bicyclist, first-year College student Patrick Monk, was taken to the hospital, where doctors performed surgery on his broken ankle.
In 2008, Tom Perriello came from behind to defeat Republican incumbent Virgil Goode for the Fifth District congressional seat. This year, it appears the Democrat is now the one trailing behind and will fight to hold onto his seat in the Nov.
[caption id="attachment_37568" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ground crews worked Friday morning to repair the vandalism to the football field before the game Saturday.
Last year's college graduates were immediately saddled with an average of $24,000 in debt upon leaving their undergraduate careers behind, an increase of 6 percent from the previous year, according to a recent report from the Institute for College Access and Success. The institute's report, titled "Student Debt and the Class of 2009," also shows that the unemployment rate for graduates was 8.7 percent in 2009, an increase from 5.8 percent in 2008 and the highest annual rate on record. Members of the University's class of 2009 had an average total debt of $19,939, and for those students who took need-based loans specifically, $15,571, said Scott Miller, associate director of student financial services at the University, The previous year, the average debt was $19,016 and $14,849 for students who took need-based loans, he said.
The state of Virginia was awarded $45.4 million Monday in federal transportation grants to begin the initial steps to construct a high-speed passenger rail service between Richmond/Petersburg and Washington D.C., which is part of a larger plan to extend the high-speed rail service that connects Boston and Washington southward through Virginia to Charlotte, N.C. The funding awarded this week by the Federal Railroad Administration will be used to launch preliminary engineering and an environmental impact assessment for the section of the Southeast High Speed Rail that would link Richmond to Arlington. The funds were secured by Sens.
[caption id="attachment_37563" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Marie Crump spoke on behalf of her daughter, Sheila Johnson, at the opening of the new Education School's center for human services in Bavaro Hall.
Student Council held a Council-wide meeting last night in Newcomb Ballroom where committees summarized their accomplishments and previewed their upcoming initiatives for the remainder of the semester. Fourteen committees gave presentations, covering a wide range of initiatives - from the Athletic Affairs Committee's distribution of almost 6,000 water bottles to students at the Virginia Military Institute football game in September to the Building and Grounds Committee's Don't Sign It campaign to encourage students to hesitate before jumping to sign a lease for an off-Grounds apartment. Council members also discussed new initiatives, in particular the upcoming trial run of expanded dinner hours for Observatory Hill Dining Hall.
[caption id="attachment_37489" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Tom Perriello, D-Charlottesville, left, and Jeffrey Clark, right, of the Tea Party discussed immigration, social security and primary education at last night's debate sponsored by Student Council, while Sociology Prof.
A Charlottesville resident was robbed Sunday night while sitting at a picnic table near Carr's Hill Field. The resident was resting with her head down on the table when a man approached her and took her purse.
[caption id="attachment_37486" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ramapo College banned Four Loko, which contains alcohol and caffeine, following a string of medical incidents following consumption of the drink.
[caption id="attachment_37484" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students, faculty and staff members gathered during last night's "Rally for a Living Wage," which included a proposal to University officials and testimonials from anonymous University employees.
The University responded Wednesday to the latest round of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's climate research-related Civil Investigative Demands by filing a request that the latest demand for University documents be dismissed. Officials from the attorney general's office are seeking information about whether climate researcher and former University professor Michael Mann might have manipulated data to apply for a University grant, said Brian Gottstein, the director of communications for Cuccinelli's office. This is Cuccinelli's second attempt to obtain Mann's documents.
CampusGrotto, a national news college website, released its latest edition of the 100 most expensive colleges in America last Monday.
[caption id="attachment_37437" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Brian Gomez, who came to Grounds as a member of the class of 2012, passed away Oct.
[caption id="attachment_37435" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="University officials and benefactors cut a ribbon in dedication of the South Lawn project, which took more than a decade to plan and complete.
The University's Internal Audit Department released a report of the Virginia Quarterly Review yesterday, thus ending the investigation into the suicide of Kevin Morrissey, former VQR managing editor. Morrissey, who worked at the magazine starting in 2003, and who reportedly suffered from depression, shot himself July 30 at the coal tower near downtown Charlottesville.
